Category Archives: Canyoning

100+ days of Lockdown – the end is in sight

Posted on October 9, 2021 by marilyn

NARARA – 9 October 2021 All during the past 100+ days of  lockdown a group of enthusiastic MSS canyoners had gotten together via Zoom to talk about all things canyoning (knots, anchors, canyoning in NZ etc).  With the end of … Continue reading →

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The weekend before Lock Down

Posted on June 20, 2021 by marilyn

NEWNES VALLEY – 19-20 June 2021 This started out as a weekend of canyoning, possibly a wet canyon, but after last weekend and the cold, I felt that a wet canyon wasn’t such a good idea.  There aren’t that many … Continue reading →

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Exploratory Canyoning in Brass Monkey weather!

Posted on June 14, 2021 by marilyn

NORTHERN WOLLEMI NP – 12 – 14 June 2021 This trip had been planned for a couple of months but then a “cold snap” headed in from down south and the temperatures plummeted! There were only four of us going, … Continue reading →

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I was having such a wonderful time!

Posted on April 20, 2021 by marilyn

WOLLANGAMBE WILDERNESS – 17 – 20 April 2021 In the week before this trip started, I’d told my kids and a couple of other people (who’d often queried whether or not I should be doing such epic expeditions) that this … Continue reading →

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2 Stunningly Beautiful Creeks

Posted on March 6, 2021 by marilyn

NEWNES PLATEAU – 6 March 2021 Rod S put this unpublished canyon on the MSS calendar and none of us had any idea of what to expect, although, Felix O-B had told his mother that under no circumstances was the … Continue reading →

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